Nichols said her aversion to the word was due to how it could make female basketball fans, especially young ones, feel when hearing it used to describe passive play.

"This isn't a PC Police thing," Nichols said. "I'm not offended in any way. This is just about girls out there who love watching Chuck talk about basketball as much as I do who shouldn't have to grow up feeling that they are the living, human, stand-in definition for being 'less than' or 'weak.' And, frankly, young boys shouldn't feel that way, either."